"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.

If more human females mated with Neanderthal males than the other way around, over thousands of years you would expect to see ...

But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...

An autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, called autoimmune hypothyroidism (AIHT), is the most common autoimmune disease, yet it remains largely understudied. New research from scientists ...

Washington — When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations already inhabiting the ...

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Within a few centuries, the genetic landscape of the Rhine-Meuse region, including the wetlands, was completely reshaped. Our ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. North Carolina added 145,907 residents to reach 11,197,968, third-fastest growth rate. Domestic migration drove growth, helping North ...

After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new framework called "exposomics." Similar to the way scientists work to map ...

When we think about rare diseases, many of us might imagine them as conditions that are extremely unlikely to affect us or our families. But people often underestimate the collective impact of these ...

Camelina sativa, a promising biofuel crop, has recently been the subject of an in-depth study exploring its genetic diversity, subgenome structure, and expression dominance. Despite its low genetic ...